Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-07

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fsrsunnts Victims.
EMR NAHAEMe DERAaTKR.
SPECIAL 70 xER Posr-IKxzz1zaxEuKR:
EAnAnaOs Mag e.-Ths exploring part,
that vent down ths main shaft n 6 .
n, eoDsisiinRof John Bsydsn. uaanaas
sf ths Wellington CoIlieEy, Archie Diok
Govsxnmsst InspessoR Of Mines. v,
MsGssRoFy. esrsiAsated manager Of ths
Victoria Goal oOmpany's mins. Fsanl
Little, % TIE wellisessn Ooliisry, and
4. Prior, Member Of Parliament sns
- sxpsFiencsd miner, report e. follows
"wH wxNz poWH
Tia main engins plase nearly e. far ID
% No. 3 north isvsl. whsrs theEs wsrl
supposed 10 bs twenty ave white msn a
uork. We found . los Of heavy lumber
kaoeksd ous and some small caves.
Jasi befors we got 10 she No. s lsves VI
fsand some very hsavy caves and
srawied ovss the top Of tive Of then
Thers vas iust room 70 get tAroaeh
We ssawlsd On top Of the tAird eavs
asd could Dot eel thFOaRh. We found
that ewing 10 the sfter-dsmp
oun LANRs COULD NOT Buna,
Nor the men breathe. We came back q
little gay and oraVled through Q snail
hole. and stepping into an air eenrse
ths 6rst man found was A. Muir, q
foreman. and iuss behind him % white
men and IL Ohisese lying within ave OF
ten yards Of each other. Muir svi.
dently bad bssn guiding the way out,
TIE men following his lead evidently
tried 30 get into the slope, bat found Il
vas cAyed in and had 10 rstrace their
steps to the sir eo0Fse. Jast e. they
bad come into the air course, the after
damp struck them and
ALL HAD suocUMBKD.
The DaVy brothers we're found kneel-
ing down vith their arms around each
other. They had pulled their coats
over their hsads 10 shield themselves.
There vas no siAnI Of burning. They
simply had been killed By the after
damp. The hre had not gone into the
air course. All had evidently died
some time after the explosios. AZ soon
e. the bodies we're found ne sent for the
relief parties, Who bore the bodies 10
the shaft. wrapped them in canvas and
SAINT them up In the cage. Two Others,
BY the name Of Woobank.
EATHHR AND soH,
We're few yards behind the others and
could not be got at. We could see them
ssx or eight feet around the corner. bot
q wall Of damp between the uen rushed
ia. however, aud secured them. A light
would net live In the damp. Archibald
Muir vas not found. He was old and
probably could not get along as quickly
as the Others AZ .. N. all came up
completely fatigued and wsrn out"
Rob't Scott, 9 foreman Of the wellirg-
ton mine, In charge Of
kNoIHKR KxPLoRrNd PAETI
Then went down and got in Level No. ]
and penetrated into nearly svsEy stall,
Gnd found four bodies on tbs way.
Thomas Wakelin and Thomas Ooyns
Suffered badly frsm damp and had "a
Be brought 70 the surfaces 10 Be resasoi.
tated By DR.. Walksm. Ths bulk Of the
na are in the danr and cannot Be re
covered tonight
Mr.. MsGreeoF viii 20 down and tsS
70 eet the men in No. 4 where he triei
today, belsw No. 9 where be vas stoRpet
BY AftsrdaDp. Subsequently too bodies
those Of AndreN Hunter and Josspl
Forrest, were found. Thsy had vorksi
10 No. levsl. The latter vas the onl,
one Of ths men 90 far found that "a
bruised. His leR vas broken and b
wH sOmswhas disagursd. NsarIy 81
the others look % II
THKx wKSx oEETLY TO sLKEP.
The Hrss man vas found probably {
half mile from the main shaft. Furths
explorations ass nov proceeding. III
arrangements for caring for the dsat
Il peEfees. Aitsr coming mp frOz th
shaft the bodies are essed in sAnvsI
tiskstsd and laid eat on bier oovsre
With Whits cotton. They are the
hrouRht up. rallied on the roadway I
the earpsntsr shop, thsa taken ost q
the other door TO the blacksmith sboy
placed In wagons and taken 10 th
schOslhoase. Here ell are nsatl
vssned and dressed, placed in hand
s1me eofaas and conveyed 10 thei
h1mes OF society Io0mA
Late In the afternoon John MsskiI
eg.s. body wss discovered, and thrs
Ohinamea were taken out later cn. \
sthsFs viii b reached till ncfnine.
Isp m the fsiioving vas oompiIed
the Hanaino Free Prsss, and is
A ooNPLETE LETT
OF the Waite men IN ths mine and "a
recovered bodies Uith az and place
nativity - far ~ known:
HanbeR 8 lsvsl. aOEsh-Georss Ola.
native Of RerxAnes. CoxnwAl. Aeed {
years, Issyss 3 wife and enc ehild. bed
recovered.
A6fahAm 7. LsviA native Of Bsynb
nsar WFsxham. North wales, a, IeaT
. vifs and ons child. bsdy recovered.
John Woobaak, Leeds. YoEkshiI
KaaiAsd. a. leaves Q wife and tee eh
dfsn, body recovered.
C0piey Wosha1k, R0sh~sll, Yer
shire. "a. 500 Of John WoobAnk, me
tso1sd shove. bods recovered.
Thonas Evans. Llsvynpia. Rhonl
valley. als3orgsnsA8ss. soafh waIl
a. lsAsss . wife and fear ohilarsn, b.
sseogsred.
WnllAn DASsy. whitshavsu, o.
hsEianA. 81 siaels. boay recovered.
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